In 1991, Doug Bower and Dave Chorley came clean: They — not aliens, or whatever the going theory was at the time — had taken planks of wood and lengths of rope and made crop circles in the south of England, starting in the late 1970s. What began as a lark turned into a 13-year-long hoax.
Author Benjamin Myers uses the efforts of the real-life Bower and Chorley as the jumping-off point for his latest novel, "The Perfect Golden Circle," but for Redbone and Calvert, the main characters (practically the only characters), making crop circles is no joke: "There are few things either of them truly care about, but making crop circles is one of them. Sometimes it feels like the only thing."
It's 1989 and they've planned all winter for this, their "summer of glory." Redbone is the mastermind behind crop circle design; Calvert is the reconnaissance man. He makes forays into the countryside to find the perfect location, one that provides cover as the two of them tramp through the fields and a viewing spot from which to see their handiwork.
